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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Rede,) Reid, Raid, n.7 (Of unknown origin. Perh. related to Rod n.3 Cf. mod. Sc. dial. redd spawn of a fish or frog. Also in the north. Eng. dial. of the 19th c.) Also attrib. —1681 Purves Revenue Crown 73.
Payed be the shirriff for blenches yeirly: … One chalomond reid out of Lorne —attrib. 1648 Aberd. B. Rec. MS XX (Jam.).
For keiping of the fischings in raid tyme fra all maner of nettis cobillis [etc.]
